傾聽系女王

Every Sunday is busy because a lot of people would come to the shop and ask to see some cases.

More people to see those, more possibilities to deal, that's our slang.

That's more things to do after that.

We have a meeting every morning and at 7:00 in the evening, after meeting, I need to make some phone calls. Other people have to deal with their own customers.

After finishing calling, we started to key in our daily report including weekly report.

Therefore, Sunday is always the busiest day in a week ever.

 

Using chopsticks is very easy for Asian, especially for Chinese/Taiwanese.

I am not very good at using them because I can't hold them very beautifully. That's a shame for me.

My German friend, S, always tries hard to hold chopsticks but he always gets confused of using them. "How do you hold the chopsticks with your thumbs?" is confusing him all the time.

I have sent him a birthday parcel including a pair of blue chopsticks, he left them in Germany.

I asked him, "Do you practice all the time?"

He said, "Of course not, Tina. I left them at home."

Yesterday, I found a way to eat chips.

That's right!! Using Chopsticks!!!

Do you feel annoying when you eat chips and use your PC at the same time, and feel greasy on your fingers when you wanna type something?

There is a good solution, no doubt, chopsticks.

Not only easy to use, but also keep your hands and fingers clean!

At night, still work on calling customers, there are 5 pages waiting for me.

This evening was not so smooth as usual, and none of them would like to make an appointment with me...so sad.

Earlier this evening, our supervisor bought a lot of food for us, that's very nice of her. (we don't need to buy our supper, haha)

 I asked a question that I shouldn't ask.

"Where was the food bought?"

My master told me quietly, "Oh, you can't ask that because it means you are not familiar with your major zone!! If the supervisor tested you, you'd be in a big trouble."

haha, what a relief.

So far, I still like this job. Although sometimes I can't catch up very well.

One night in Perth, I cooked a very Chinese cuisine for my German friend S and myself.

I remembered my appetizer was Shen-Tsai-Xia-Song, which was chopped shrimp salad with cabbage leaves.(生菜蝦鬆)

Cooking isn't very hard, it depends on your heart.

I have never cooked this appetizer before, so I surfed on the Internet and reviewed some doable recipes. Before the night of the super, I tried to make one, don't wanna cook a new dish on that day.

When I finished, I asked my Hong Kong friend, L to taste it, he said, it's good, and asked me how to make it. haha I knew I made it. OH YA!!



In March 2012, I flew to Perth to meet my German friend S, his mom, and Korean girl Jenny, we had a dinner at a Chinese restaurant.

We ordered a similar dish like Shen-Tsai-Xia-Song, but they put chicken instead of shrimp.

I asked S, "Do you remember that I have made a similar dish like this for you?"

S said, "Yes. but Yours Is Better."

I smiled.

On Monday, we had the last part of the training program this month, and we found out one classmate just quit his job.

It was shocking news for us. We don't know why, it's too quick. At first, we thought he might get a "New Man" prize in 3 months and he just quit.

I called him right after the training, he said his mom is sick and he needs money right now,  he can't wait any longer so he needs to quit the job immediately.

It was so sad to know about this.

He is a fun, polite and nice person and he also encourages me to keep it going, he could see a big future for me. When I heard about this, I was so touched because at that time, I didn't have any impressive stuff , also felt confused and questioned myself.

Everyday and every night, I questioned myself "Can you really do this job?" "Are you sure about that?" "When will you give up, young lady?"

This job is very intense, everyone in my office is very strong and sharp, I wanna be one of them, I wanna achieve my goal, but I don't know how.

I still can't catch what they said. I feel a bit depressed.

However, I try my best to do so, use positive attitude to do everything.

GO FOR YOUR DREAM~MY DEAR~

Today I started to call the overdue clients because I need to have 4 letters of agreement in this month.

After some useless phone calls, I got 2 clients that one is willing to sign that contract, another one is considering.

Just skipped all the details, I screwed up the first one because I was too hurried, kind of push the owner to sign the contract. That's a big mistake. The very first step is "Talking." 70% of the conversation is caring and being nice, and rest of the 30% is making the owner to sign that.

Therefore, I fucked up the first step. No matter how we tried to talk to the owner, it's pointless.

Need to make another appointment.

However, I have made the second one. OH YA!

I have been to this new job for 2 weeks, really learned a lot during these days.

At first, I didn't do very well, and my manager told me, if you don't get smarter, I will let you go home or go to another branch. You are not welcomed if you are not active.

Since that day, I tried my best to do everything, but still, she thought my action is too slow, I should be more quicker.

I am still learning, have to admit that I am not a quick learner, well in some case. But I am very careful and considerate. I think that's my benefit.

Still need to learn a lot from my colleagues and my manager, I am happy to be here and join this big family.

I didn't celebrate Mother's Day with my family because I had to work. But I didn't know that I had to work until 11:30. When I got home, it was almost 12 o'clock, I was like Cinderella.

It was my first to key in daily report. It should be done by every day, but I didn't key it.  If I could know this earlier, I wouldn't be home so late.

My brothers all came home to celebrate Mother's Day, I know it's a big issue in my family, but I just missed it....

I know my mom always supports me, no matter what kinds of decision I have made. I know she always works hard to support me or support my dream.

I wanna say thank you to her, and Happy Mother's Day.

I can't believe I have done 100 articles although I don't type it every day.

Everyone should celebrate Mother's Day this week or last week, so does my family.

Really wanna celebrate with my dear family but I need to work.

Today I've visited 18 places, but it doesn't work very well, I still need to work harder to achieve my goal.

Wish me luck.

On Friday, one of my customer invited me to come to his shop, he would like to introduce his friends to me.

When we met, exchanged name cards and talked a lot, I thought it's fun to know more and more people. Although they are not my clients yet, someday they will be.

My difficulty is, the quantity of calling isn't enough...I need to go for it.

When I was in Australia, many people ask questions like this:

"It's a beautiful day, isn't it?"

"It's really cheap, isn't it?"

"You don't have to do this, do you?"

Australian and New Zealander like to use tag questions when they make a statement.

However, American doesn't use that so much, they usually say like this:

"It's a beautiful day, right?"

"It can't go wrong, huh?"

American English is more simple to say but it's not very correct and polite.

I am not going to have a lecture, but instead I just want to show what I have discovered when I traveled in Australia and New Zealand.

Languages are amazing and beautiful, aren't they?

HAHAHA~

At first, I am not used to use tag questions because in my mother language it's not so common. Second, I used to learn American English when I was a kid, and we receive lots of American movies and TV series from America when we learn English, and they don't speak their language like that.

That's why it's so interesting when we have heard a mass of tag questions at the same time.

Tag questions are more grammatically correct than "right? huh?" and of course polite as well.

There are more and more people using smart phones. At first, I don't need one because answering, calling and text are enough for me. Although my friends and my colleagues encourage me to use the smart phone, I still insist my choice, I don't need one.

This month I have changed my job, more and more colleagues and supervisors are using them and also ask me, "Do you have a smart phone?" "Do you have APP?"

My answer is, "NO."

They keep encouraging me, "When you get your pay next month, you can buy a new one."

During lunch, my colleagues and I are discussing which smart phone we should purchase or which one are you interested in?

It seems to be a process....

All I want to say is, Steve Jobs, you really had changed my life and all people's on earth.

We have a 3-day training this week, the first 2 days were in my office. The person who sat next to me was a gym coach.

How cool is that!! And he majored in Judo in college, he was an athlete, and he also can teach swimming.

That's not so important, the most important is....he is cute, haha!!

Unfortunately, he works too far from my office.

Sometimes when I got problems on my training, he patiently explained what he knew. That's his advantage. One time, I really can't understand what the teacher said, I looked confused and he just turned back to look at me and said, "You are so cute when you look confused."

What did I say?

I gave him a punch, hahaha~

I have been to this new office for a week, well, almost a week.

There is a secretary in this office, she has been working here for 5 years.

don't know why, I don't think she is not so friendly to me. Maybe she isn't smiling all the time.

One night, I walked on the hallway, and she was talking to her friend. I was sure that I looked at her and said, "hey, have a piece of cake inside."

She just ignored me and kept talking to her friend.

Maybe I was over thinking...who knows?

What would you do when you are under the pressure?

I would eat some snacks, cry in private, yell, scream at KTV, or cook.

But I have found something weird, when I am under pressure.

I especially feel lonely when I am under it and would like to be in a relationship.

That's why I met my ex.

It's not so fair to him because we became a couple when I needed someone to give me a hand.  That year, I just changed my job and had been to a new place, there were so many things I have to learned quickly and adopt to the environment.  Meeting new colleague, preparing new material and making phone calls almost every 2 weeks was too much for me, besides I also had a part time job at night.  During that year, I almost worked more than 12 hours a day.

Yes, I got good paid, but I am not so happy as usual.

I needed someone to love me.

I needed someone who can support me.

I needed someone who saw me floating could give me a hand.

Suddenly, I found my ex was always with me because we had talked on the phone every day.

I should stop if I didn't have any feelings for him,  but I didn't.

I am selfish, not considerate, not caring...don't even think about future. I just say yes because I needed someone to be with.

Now, I have to say I am sorry and I deserved it.

I am kind of avoiding a long-term relationship person but sometimes when I feel lonely or see some cute couples being together, I am jealous of them.

It's quite hard for me to do a long-term relationship, or you can "forever."

If I have this for more than 3 years, my heart starts to think, "Am I going to spend the rest of my life with this guy?" "Am I going to have kids and move to another city with this guy forever?" "Am I going to get married soon?"

These questions are very simple but very hard to answer them. Need to take a while to think things through.

In a word, if I love this guy very much, these questions won't be any questions even won't bother me. But I still can't imagine how can I live with another guy for the rest of my life if he can't afford me security?

I am jealous of some couple but also enjoy being single. HAHA.

Why I started to use English to write my diary?

Because I won't use any English in my new job, if I want to keep my English sharp, this is the best way to practice it every day.

When I changed my job, I told my old colleague. They are happy for me, at the same time, feel sad for me because we can't meet very often.

When I told my German friend, S, he said "Is this new job kind of boring?!"

I don't know how to say...maybe in Australia or Germany is boring, but not in Taiwan.

It's a very competitive world here, everyone wants to be TOP, everyone wants to win.

Today, I felt a little bit confused. Is this what I really want? I know I am new here, and lots and lots of things to learn, it's too soon to quit.

I tell myself, don't think too much, don't worry too hard, just like a sponge, inhale much water as you can. Leave with pride. 

I like to ask fortune tellers and also like to go there with my friends.

But I usually doubt them what they've said.

One said, I would find my Mr. Right in Lunar April this year. I will meet him by myself.

I doubt it.

Haha, because my standard has risen up into next level.

He has to be handsome, tall, responsible, knowing how to drive and park the car well,  have some money, save it for me (hahaha), knowing how to invest, and most important of all, love me very much and I also love him a lot. We can't live without each other. Only wanna get married with each other, no other second thoughts.

See?!

It's pretty hard to find my Mr. Right, isn't it?

The south of Germany is Bavaria. The people there are Bavarian.

They are pretty proud of their hometown.

One day, when I met 2 German girls who are from Berlin in Fiji. They said, when you ask "Where are you from?"

People would answer, "I am from Germany."

but some people would reply, "I am from Bavaria."

Can you tell the difference?

My German friend, S, who is from Bavaria always tells me that "The best men are from Bavaria."

I don't believe him at all.

One night at YHA in Perth, we saw 2 girls were playing cards which were only played in Bavaria.

S asked me, "Tina, ask them , 'Do you think the Bavarian men are the best in the world?'"

At first, I don't want to do so because it's too embarrassed. S kept asking me to do so...well...I have to do it otherwise he wouldn't drive me to the airport.

I talked to the girls, and asked them "Do you the Australian guys?" "Do you think them are stupid?"
"Do you think the best guy is from Bavaria?"

HAHAHA~

They admitted that Australian guys are cute, polite, but a little bit stupid, and yes, the best men are from Bavaria.

So great to know that, now I can hook up any guys who are from Bavaria. Hooray~

GRAIN WAVES is my favorite snack when I was in Australia. It's also famous in New Zealand as well. 

At first, they only have two favor which are chives and cream and sweet and chili. I like sweet and chili more but my friend who loves chives and cream more.

When I visited AUZ this time, I found more favor which is more delicious than before. They are HONEY AND MUSTARD, CHEESE, and SALSA.

I have tasted honey and mustard which is so fresh and yummy, I like it a lot and when I flew home, I bought a lot of GRAVE WAVES. I mean, a lot!

My suitcase is so empty that I can fill it out with GRAIN WAVES and TIM TAM.

One night when I was in Dunedin, I found out one supermarket was on sale of TIM TAM which was 2 for 4.99.

That was a great bargain.

Therefore, I bought 6 packs, haha, and some vitamin c as well.

I have to say I love NEW WORLD. (a famous supermarket in New Zealand.)